Oxynoemacheilus panthera

Oxynoemacheilus panthera, the tiger loach^[2] or the Damascus loach,^[1] is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Oxynoemacheilus.^[3] It occurs in only two streams, the Nahr Baradá and Nahr al-A‘waj in the Damascus basin in Syria. It is thought that over 90% of the populations of this species of stone loach have been lost due to water abstraction and the drying up of its native watercourses, exacerbated by lower rainfall levels.^[1]

Oxynoemacheilus panthera
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Nemacheilidae
Genus:	Oxynoemacheilus
Species:	O. panthera
Binomial name
Oxynoemacheilus panthera (Heckel, 1843)[2]
Synonyms
Cobitis panthera Heckel, 1843 Barbatula panthera (Heckel, 1843) Noemacheilus panthera (Heckel, 1843) Orthrias panthera (Heckel, 1843) Cobitis leopardus Heckel, 1843